Interpretation \In*ter`pre*ta"tion\, n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interpr['e]tation.]

1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks. --Shak.

2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

3. The power or explaining. [R.]

--Bacon.

4. (Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

5. (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formul[ae] to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Syn: Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)